State News Notes From Across North Carolina
A sprawling North Carolina roundup reports editor Deal of the Wilkesboro Chronicle named postmaster at Wilkesboro. Growth plans include a $75,000 Southern Pines hotel. Trustees elect J. H. Myrover as superintendent. trains restored on the Wilmington line. Mecklenburg to build an insane asylum house. coffee costs rise as wheat buys jump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesboro Chronicle
Wilkesboro
Southern Pines
Lcst
Fayetteae
J. H. Myrover
Wilmington, New Berne
Norfolk
Mecklenburg
State Hospital
Warrenton
North Carolina Presbyterian
North Carolina
Griffith
Arcadia Township
Lexington
Danbury
F. Hoke
Brown Mountain
Stokes County
N. C
Newton
High Point
Welden
H. L Joyner
Seaboard
J. K Griffin
Rock Rest
First National Bank of Winston
J. C. Burton
Alleghany Star
North Fork
Deep Ford
New York
Niagara
Kernersville
Washington Gazette
J. D. Cordon
Hyde County
Robt. Jennett
Rocky Mount Argonaut
Lincolnton Courier
Asheville
Charlotte Observer
Weattay Batte
Buncombe
Senderson
Transylvania
Boone Democrtis
Appli
Ter
Statesville
Gastonia
Charlotte Satuday
Robert Baugus
Iuty
H. R. Richardson
Page H. Castellon
Winder
J. & Volunter
Accra
Brates
Regional unrest and press takeovers in two states
In Savannah Georgia on September 19 the local section reports slow spread in Brunswick with great need of assistance as all business halts. In Abilene Kansas on September 19 a Populist syndicate led by state officials buys stalwart Democratic papers including the Herald to merge with the Monitor, a plan to purchase about thirty newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannauh
Brunswick
Abilene
Kan
Herald
Monitor
Six Men Killed in Swain County Boiler Explosion
A boiler explosion at Kerley's saw mill on Conley's creek near Whittier Swain county instantly killed six men Richard Nichols manager Acheville James Kelley Ben McMahan Gates McMahan Henry Smith laborers Jesse Gunter farmer The mill was wrecked and no boiler piece remained The disaster marks the worst in the region since 1883 when twenty six died at convict camps nearby
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Swain Co
Canton
N. C
Kerley
Conley’s Creek
Whittier
Swain County
Richard Nichols
Acheville
James Kelley
Ben McMahan
Gates McMahan
Henry Smith
Jesse Gunter
EIGHT KILLED IN BIG FOUR TRAIN WRECK NEAR MANTENO
Eight persons are confirmed dead after a rear collision of Big Four express No.45 at 9 20 pm one quarter mile south of Manteno Illinois with multiple injuries. Victims include Emil Kimmel Dayton Ohio O L Sweet Louisville Kentucky and others from Carmel Ohio Chicago and Columbus. Wounded listed pose possible fatalities amid wreckage recovery efforts.
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Big Four
Kanakakee
Manteno
Chicago
Emil Kimmel
Dayton
O .J. W. Powell
New Vennie
O. L Sweet
Louisville
David Jackson
Carmel
Minnie Davers
Lower
Albany
Ind
Miss O. Edward
Jacob Simffer
John Curran
Columbus
Ultimatum for Rio Prompts Panic and Flight Preparations
Admiral Dem elles warns of immediate bombardment of Rio if the city does not surrender at once. Admiral Mello vows relentless action with all ships. Panic grips the city as merchants rush valuables and prepare to flee inland while insurgent warships at Santos and marines move into position.
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Lorpon
Demelles
Rio
Admiral Mello
Santos
Tolay
Cholera and fire dispatches from multiple cities
Foreign affairs column reports six cholera cases and three deaths in Buda Pest, twenty six cases and sixteen deaths in Galacia province, and two deaths in Hull. A Whitechapel house fire killed a man and four women. The Peru brings news of a flood in Fifu Ken with 304 drowned and 30,000 in relief. 2,356 cases and 447 deaths reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buda
Pest
VigiNa
Galacia
London
Hull
Whitechapel
San Francisco
Peru
China
Japan
Japan Gazette
Fifu Ken
Ginners Terrorized by White Caps in Mississippi
In Northern Mississippi White Caps issue ten cent cotton price threats and burn gins that reopen after notices. Ginners face death penalties, causing widespread consternation among planters and fear of financial collapse as they weigh marketing cotton.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Outlaws’ edict triggers gin closures in Bienville Parish
Intense unrest spreads as gins in Bienville parish receive notices to discontinue operations under threat of arson. The move aims to push cotton prices toward 10 cents per pound, prompting Governor Stone to be petitioned for protection amid the volatile scene. In Virginia, Criglersville vanishes under floodwaters. a cloudburst in the Blue Ridge washes away mills, churches, schools, and homes, with substantial losses reported and residents evacuated.
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Gov Stone
Bienville Parish
Louisiana
Whole family butchered in Indiana killings
In Harrison township Davies county, six members of the Denson Wratten family were killed in their home. The father, sick with typhoid fever, lay mortally wounded beside the bed. The crippled widow, two children, a girl of fifteen and a three year old, lie dead or severely injured amid blood stains and weapon marks. The motive is suspected to be the stolen pension money.
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de. Heath
Carr
Oconee County
S. C
Franklin, N. C
Winston Sentinel
Mra
J. N. Whitlow
Liberty Street
Forest City Ledger
New Berne Journal
Will Owen
Morehead City
the Straits
Carteret County
Bowles
Clinton Democrat
Abram Giles
Roseboro
Scotland Neck
B. I Allsbrook
Roanoke
Weldon
Hamilton
Willis Kennedy
James Kennedy
High Point
Davidson County
Washington Gazette
W. E. Jackson
Flave Spencer
Jonathan Havens
Eila
Ella
Charles McDonald
Charlotte
Concord
Charlotte News
Alleghany Star
Thomas Gambill
Dr. C. Durham
J. C. Caddell
Raleigh
Ashe and Alleghany Baptist Association
Sentinel
Blue Ridge
Kinston Free Press
Ellington
Smithfield
Wilkesboro
Blair
Fair Plains
Wilmington
South Carolina
Lexington
Jim Cutting
Brett’s Bridge
J. F
H. F. Long
Statesville
Alamance Gleaner
Major G. Hunt
Panther Creek
Yadkin County
the Sentinel
Major Hunt
Winston Bank
Louisburg Times
John Gupton
Miss Murphy
Church
Salisbury Herald
Baily Bros
Woodleaf
Durham Sun
Olympia Brogden
Aoung
Saya
Shelby Aurora
Joe Morrison
Jesse Street
Cliffdale
Cane Creek
Rutherford County
Washineton
Ind
Denson Wratten
Harrison Township
Davies County
Mrs. Wratten
Nine Men Killed in Roanoke Lynchings
Roanoke Va September eighteenth to twentieth marks a deadly mob action after Mrs Bishop, a white woman, was assaulted by Thomas Smith. Four thousand strong besieged the jail, shots wounded and killed, as the mob freed and killed the accused man. By dawn the lynching of Smith left a scene of burned remains and multiple dead and wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Smith
Bishop
Henry S. Bishop
Cloverdale
Thomas Smith
Roanoke Light Infantry
Trout
Ayeres
S A. Vick
Will Sheets
Chas. Whitemyer
J. B Tyler
Blue Ridge
George White
W. Jones
John Mills
Back Creek
George Settles
Vinton
Otto Falls
Will Eddie
Frank Mills
Tom Nelson
LeRoy White
J. B. McGhee
One Shepard
E. J. Small
Charles Powell
Robert Smith
Henry Bishp
J. Allen Watts
Judge Woods
Griffin
Franklin Road
Tenth Avenue
Gray
Shotti
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Gaston County
Gaston
Dallas
Foreign Affairs
Buda Pest
Ginners
Madison C. H
Criglersville
Robertson
Serain Kite
Swift Ford
James Ronalds
W. H. Rosson
Wm. W. Smith
Mr. Smith
J. L . Lindsay
J. F. P. Kitte
A. N. Finks
Wm. N. Smith
W. H. Rosser
Farmer Wratten
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